Patent Law & Practice

Patent Application

What is a Provisional Application?

A provisional application is a type of patent application which allows inventors and applicants to …

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Ancora

Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Apple, Inc. illustrates the benefits of keeping things simple

On 3rd March 2014, Apple, Inc. (Apple) lost a case against Ancora Techs., Inc. The …

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Computer Related Inventions

“Technical effect” requirement for Computer Related Inventions (CRIs): a mere guideline or a law?

The patentability requirements for Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) under Indian Patent Law have been unclear. …

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background

Writing Background section of a patent specification

[slideshare id=10767533&style=border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px 1px 0; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;&sc=no] Patent Specification Drafting Series: Background …

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arun narasani

IP Portfolio Development

[slideshare id=4266723&style=border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px 1px 0; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;&sc=no] Developing IP Portfolio, By Arun …

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arun narasani

Claim Drafting & Analysis

[slideshare id=4266735&style=border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px 1px 0; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;&sc=no] Patent Specification Drafting Series: Claim …

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Business method patent

Revised Draft Manual: A case of over simplification re software inventions

The Indian patent office has published a revised draft manual on 04 November 2010. This manual is …

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Business

Intellectual Property in the “cloud”ed era

Traditionally, computing has been done at defined and identified locations. For example, our computers, laptops, …

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Patent Law & Practice

Application claims for claiming a software based system

With respect to protection of software based inventions, the different subject matters that are of …

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